Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter One. Dressing Up: Clothing and Upward Mobility in the Early Immigrant Community, 1870–1900 24
7. Chapter Two .The Coffee Pot and King Bacchus: Icelandic Immigrant Drinking Cultures 54
8. Chapter Three. Unsettling Apparitions: Power, Ghost Stories, and Superstitious Belief 76
9. Chapter Four. Main Street Vikings: Anglicization, Spectacle, and the Two World Wars 101
10. Chapter Five. Icelandic Cake Fight: A Brief History of Vínarterta 135
11. Conclusion 161
12. Appendix: Historical Vínarterta Recipes 167
13. Notes 175
14. Bibliography 211
15. Index 229